The Daily Worker Newspaper, March 26, 1925, Page 1

| | | | | workers Daily Worker Annual Sub- scription Drive Now on in Full Blast! GET IN ON IT! Vol. II. No. en rt oor ‘PEN AS WE SEE IT By T. J. O'FLAHERTY HE Milwankee Leader essays the task of explaining the late Sun Yat Sen to its readers. The perpetra- tor of the atrocity on the dead rebel, tells us that Sun had little use for Bolshevism and “hoped that some- how the big financiers would realize as he did, that China would become an easy prey to Russian Bolsheyist propaganda and intrigue, unless the statesmen.of Europe and America backed Chinese democracy.” This is a foul slander of the greatest rebel lead@r in the history of China. “* * FTER indulging in predictions that China will not have a_ socialist government for several generations, the fossil responsible for the idiotic editorial takes another whang at Sun Yat Sen:, “That Sun Yat Sen, dis- appointed in his hopes of Wall Street help, finally accepted ‘help. from Mos- cow, is the natural jump of a utopian mind frem one extreme to another.” S.at yet “his approach to Moscow was the most realistic bit of statesman- ship that Sun’ ever attempted.” Rath- er realistic for a utopian dreamer! 2.7 HAT Sun-should have done, sug- gests the Leader, is to co-operate with capitalism in building up Chin- ese industries so that the foundation would be laid for socialism. “Chin- ese nationalism, led by henchmen of foreign and native capitalism, must be the pace maker of Chinese democ- racy. Any Chinese republic that is now possible must. be a capitalistic republic. In it Sun Yat Sen’s move- ment has a mission, the same mission that the socialist party has in all other nations. But before a real so- cialist party develops in China, there must be a strongly developed capi- talist industry and a strong modern labor union movement. Several gen- erations must pass, before such things can become realities,” This is the T is doubtful if the most effective Communist “writer, could more clearly explain the philosophy of the present day socialists or pen a more damning indictment of their surren- der to the big capitalists, than the Milwaukee Leader editorial writer has done. In plain language, it means that the workers must co-operate with the capitalists in exploiting the indus- trially undeveloped sections of the world. The Chinese must become the willing agents of foreign capitalists who are bent on coining profits out of the bodies of the Chinese workers. oe 8 ECAUSE China is industrially un- developed, the thing to do is to sive Wall Street a free hand in ex- ploiting the coal, oil‘and other min- eral deposits. The mission of the so- cialists is to hurry industrial evolu- tion along. That is the excuse for supporting the Dawes’ plan in Ger- many, During the. war, pro-German socialists held that if Germany won the war, the kaiser would force so- ‘wialism on the world at the point of the sword. This argument Was as ridiculous as the headline that ap- peared in a Duluth, radical publica- tion, in 1918, which predicted the suc- cess of the German social revolution because Hindenburg threw in his lot with the rebels. . . . HE yellows of the socialist party and of the socialist lab party gnash their teeth in rage because the Russian revolution succeeded despite their choicest’ Marxian predictions. Even the fink Abramovich holds that he is a better Marxist than Lenin. He is the, kind of a Marxist that is wel- come in the front rooms of the big _masters of industry. According to / this gang of coyotes, the class strug- gle must be chloroformed and the must enter into a united front with the capitalists. And of se, socialism is several genera» away! If the workers insist on fighting the bosses the socialist “Marxists” will find it necessary to ‘tine up with the bosses in defense of Marxism. This is their philosophical »xeuse for treachery. ** 8 S James Duncan, former secretary of the Seattle Central Labor Council, said at a recent meeting of that body during a discussion on the right of Communists to seats in the council, ‘the Communist. Party is bound to supplant the moribund so- clalist party. The reason {s,not far to seek, The Workers (Communist) Sn RATES: Pp THE “he AF GR 0 age? ef CLEANERS, DYERS 1800 STRONG, G0 OUT ON STRIKE Demand 44 Hours and 5 Per Cent Raise Eighteen hundred members of the Cleaners’, Dyers’ and Pressers’ Union, No. 17742, walked out on strike yester- day morning, demanding the 44-hour week and a general increase of five per cent in wages. The strike action followed a rousing meeting at the Union Park Temple, |1507 Ogden Ave., at which the 1,200 members of the union present voted unanimously for the strike. The agreement of the Cleaners’ Union with the employers has expired, and the employers refused to,stand- ardize the working hours or give an increase in wages. The men have been working sometimes 44 hours and some- times 48 under the old agreement, The wages of the cleaners, dyers and pressers under the expired agree- ment varied from $3.00 ‘to $60.00, ac- cording to the eight different kinds of work under the jurisdiction of the union. All members of the union ask a 5 per cent increase in wages, T. Weiss, secretary of the union, who was one of the principal speakers at the strike mass meeting, said picket lines will immediately be sent out to cover the struck shops. In Chicago; by mail, $8.00 per year. Outside Chicage, by mail, $6.00 per year. “Entered as second-class matter September 1 TH COAL Coolidge Appoints Commissioner Twice Refused by Senate WASHINGTON, March’ 24.—Presi- dent Coolidge will offer a recess ap-| pointment to Thomas F. Woddlock, New York financial writer, as a meni- ber of the interstate commerce com- mission, it was announced at the White House today, The senate twice.gzefused to confirm ‘| Woodlock. OHIO REDS LEAD FIGHT ON POLICE AND ‘BIBLE' BILLS Leaflets and Speakers |te Cover Whole State (Special to The Daily Worker.) CLEVELAND, 0., March 24.—The biggest, best organized and most ef- fective campaign against the state constabulary law and compulsory re- ligious training in the public schools yet launched in this state is being waged by the Workers (Communist) Party. The party has mobilized every city central committee for this work. Two leaflets have been published. One deals with’ the state police bill and the “yellow dog” contract labor sys- tem, the other with the compulsory religious training. Both leaflets combine exposures of (Continued on page 2) Hillman. Mr. Sam Levin: the tailors. the tailors appreciate your work, you tailors for your shameful act against the constiution of the Amalgamated. It seems that you cannot face the masses and that you found yourself forced to use the gangsters of the underworld to “cover” your shameless- ness, And furthermore, at the ma- chine-controlled meeting which you called in a neighboring hall, you made insinuations against me and stated that I came here on money supplied by “agents” to break to union. You know that this is as false as your conception of the labor move- ment. I am here because I was sent here by my local union to explain to the tailors of the country the causes of your terror as well as of Hillman’s dirty policy with which he led and misled the Amalgamated. Mr. Levin, how long ago is it since you conferred with this “agent”? Is it long ago sjnce *you invited us to thé Pennsylvania Hotel in New York —Brother Rinish and myself, the for- mer now being general organizer of the Amalgamated? Then you sought our friendship in your and Hillman’s struggle in Chicago against Frank Rosenberg. And you were even ready at that time to call yourself a “left,” but only in order to make us believe that Rosenberg was a reactionary, and that we should get the support of the New York members for you in your fight against Rosenherg at the convention. You did not even think at that time of the bad conseqence to the organization. Luckily we knew only too well the politics of the Chi- cago Amalgamated. /We ‘listened to our appeals for our support and we ughed in your face. And we did not RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR MAKES MAIN SPEECH AT SUN MEET IN BERLIN BERLIN, Germany, March 24—At a celebration organized jby Ching resi- dents of Berlin, members of the Kuom. SAM LIPTZIN OF LOCAL FIVE AMALGAMATED, NEW YORK, FLAYS LEVIN AND HIS GANGSTER ALLIES ste Sam biptzin, an officer of Loeal 5, New York, which was expelied from . jthe.Joint Board by, the to tell the tailors the story | of the reign of terror carried on in New York by After witnessing the action of Levin and his ‘Temple Auditorium, he wrote the following open lefter to Levin: An Open Letter to Sam Levin. You claim to have the Chicago tailors’ union in your pocket and you openly demonstrated last Monday night, the “strength” of the Amalgamated in this city. You proved that not only have you the union in your pocket but that you also have the underworld in your arms. If you thought for one moment that the tailors were with you and that invitation of those workers you have thrown out of work to answer to the ingsters at the But not would not be afraid to come on the COMMUNIST LEADING AMALGAMATED STRIKE IN BALTIMORE, MD. By THOMAS OWERKING. (Special to The Daily Worker.) BALTIMORE, Md., March 24. — The Amalgamated strike tied up the Baltimore clothing industry today. Anthony Jenkins of the Workers Party is leading the strike which went into effect at nine o'clock this morning. Pants and vest makers are out in sympathy with the cloak- makers, demanding an increase in wages. The strike is under the direc- tion of the joint board and Schloss- berg here. This is one of the pla where wage reductions were taken under Hillman’s direction two years ago, which Hillman claimed wi great victory. The workers are now. trying to regain what they Jost thru such leadership. This morning at a mass meeting Jenkins spoke in Lithuanian as many of the strikers are of this na- tionality, while Schlossberg ad- dressed them in English. endanger the organization to make Levin safe for the machine and the tmhachine safe for Levin. Naturally as was to be expected, Hill- man was successful in making the “job” and now you say that you have the Chicago union in your pocket. But there is one thing we would like to know, Mr. Levin. Altho you have the Amalgamated in your pocket and the bosses have you in their pocket, the future history of our or- ganization is not written yet. The day is coming, Mr, Levin, when the broad masses, those who /bled and suffered and are still suffering today, will wrest the control out of your hands and the union will function to defend the interests of the working DHIS RS SCARE HL MANGER ! op | Doors Raa under the lead- pLevin and his two nts, Sam Rissman and the manager of the rium from opening the ‘engaged for Monday a iss meeting of mem- malgamated Clothing members of the organi- pulled off their jobs ributing leaflets tell. ion of Local 5, New int board in that ci- is manager of the Ch icago. ed members flocked Sam Litzpin of k, who was schedul- ‘ipal speaker. When ived they found the rmed with guns and iy Levin. The manag if|he opened the Tem- ting, the hall would be vin sluggers, so he ntee that those who hall should pay for *This was refused. . Members, luggers. went’ thru fips to frighten the as- f workers, who waited to have an oppor- ut the struggle that inst the Hillman ork. ‘Tribune his stugeing “Tuesday morn- ow i ya Liar publish- red yarn, ridiculing ‘Day, the day on which the -workers:of ail countries cel ebrate. Even» the officials of the Amalgamated have not yet officially repudiated MayDay. Lovin told the Tribune reporter*that the clothing workers who engaged the hall, werc preparing to takeyover the clothing factories in Chieago on May Day, and had called the meeting to send out the glad news. . The rejoicing of the Levin sluggers was short lived. On Tuesday morn- ing two leaflets were distributed a‘ the shops. During the distribution several workers: were arrested by the police, One leaflet read as follows: “Organize and Fight!” “To the members of the Amalga- ed Clothing Workers: “The gunman and slugger rule of the Hillman-Levin thachine closed Temple auditorium last night to the thousands of rank and file*members who came to hear how the legal (Continued on page 2.) a Egypt’s Parliament Disbanded When Pro- British Are Beaten (Special to Fhe Daily Worker.) . CATRO, Egypt), March 24— The Egyptian parliament was dissolved a few hours after/!it had convened, by the pro-British premier, Ziwar Pasha, when it was found that former premier Zagloul Pasha, who is opposed to Brit- ish domination of the people of In- dia, controlled the: parliament. Zagloul was elected president of the parliament, and two members of his party were eléeted vice president, following the opening of parliament at ten o'clock. ‘None of the minis- ters of + saree 0 al cabinet was present, Zawar then entered, and ordered the parliament broken! up and new elec- tions held May #23. The new parlia- ment will be opened June 1. State Rushes Thru Official Whitewash of W. Va. Mine Blast BARRACKSVILLE, W. Va., March 24.—With the recovery ‘of all 33 bodies of the mem-caught in the mine of the Bethlehem: mines corporation | __ WORKER. Do it Office at Chicago, Illinois under the Act of March 3, 1879. PENNSY COAL MINERS WELCOME FRATERNAL SPIRIT OF MILITANTS PITTSBURGH, Pa. March 24.— The miners are welcoming the fra- ternal spirit shown by the radical workers of Pittsburgh and vicinity, the Pittsburgh Labor Defense Coun- cil and the Free Speech Council of Western Pennsylvania having gone on record to do anything in their power to help the miners who are deserted by the U. ni. W. of A. officials and attacked by the opera- tors. ¢ At the recent meeting of these or- ganizations, the following resolution was adopted: Resolution. “Whereas, five thousand miners who were working upon the premis- es of the Hillman and Reiney coal companies in Fayette county, have struck work in protest of a wage cut and eviction notices being serv- ed upon them by these companies to leave their homes within 10 days, and “Whereas, during the strike in 1922 six thousand miners’ families were evicted by the coal companies from their homes in a brutal and illegal manner, therefore, be it “Resolved, that the Labor De- fense and Free Speech Council of Western Pennsylvania go on record to do everything in our power to prevent any arbitrary acts by the officials of Fayette county and to See that the right of assemblage and free speech prevails.” MARINES KILL CHINESE TROOPS Rivers Flee” Blood as French Look on SHANGHAI, China, March 24.—At the present time preparations are being made for the recommencement of hostilities which began last week and which for a while scared the fat foreign community in Shanghai amidst their cock-tails and whiskey-sodas at the fashionable clubs tere. The skirmishing which took place in some cases inside the,boundaries of the French concession and the fore- ign settlement (British) was almost disastrous. to several of the respect- able citizens of Shanghai who had been led’ by idle curiosity to invest- igate the matter by going to the scene of battle personally thinking the whole matter a huge farce. Foreigners Scared They were disillusioned when sev- eral bullets came close enough to be heard. And when several of the bul- lets hit at their feet and at times the (Continued on page 5.) Teapot Mock Trial Lags. CHEYENNE, Wyo., March 24.—An exhaustive analysis of the legal phas- es involved in the Teapot Dome naval petroleum lease was presented today by the defense attorney, in te equity hearing before Federal Judge T. Brake Kennedy, wherein the govern- ment seeks annulment of the Sinclair contract for the Wyoming reserve. Probe Judge’s Graft ST. LOUIS, March 24.—The federal investigation of the bankruptcy frauds alleged to have been practiced by fe- deral Judge George English in the Kastern Illinois district will begin to- morrow, Storm Death Toll Mounts | WEST FRANKFORT, IIL, March 24.—With the death of Jefferson Da- vis today Franklin country’s death toll mounted to 176, with 133 dead ine W. Frankfort. NCLAIR OIL LOSES SAGHALIN FIELDS FOR BREAKING CONTRACTS MOSCOW, March 24.—The Soviet court annulled today the oil conces- Published daily except Sunday by THE DAILY WORKER PUBLISHING CO., 1113 W, Washington Blvd., Chicago, IL [NEW YorK | YORK EDITION Price 3 Cents NEGRO MINERS JOIN FSHT IN COME REGION OF PENNSYLVANIA: REVOLT GROWING AGAINST CUT (Special to The Daily Worker) UNIONTOWN, Pa., March 24.—A strike against wage cuts that started last week in the coke region Is spreading. One more mine of J. W. Reaney & Co. has been closed down by the men. Altho there is no organization as yet, the miners are preparing them- | selves to conduct the strike Most of these men went thru the national strike to replace some of the men on strike. tell. were being used for, As a result they are fighting side by side with the white | miners against any reduction in pay. It is bad enough to have to dig coal with a pick at a rate of $1.50 for a three or four-ton car, but the operators want to reduce this price to $1.05 for the same amount of coal, The diggers feel that if they have to starve they will do so, but not, starve piling up profits for the operators. So-Called “Independents” Wait Outcome, So far about 12 mines attempted to cut wages. The Frick Coal and. Coke company and the other independent mines are awaiting the outcome of the | strike, whether they will also cut or| pay the same wages, If an attempt is made by them to cut wage the feel- ing against any reduction in wages is such that it will result in a strike | of the-entire Fayette county field. | The capitalist class in its greed for | profits soon teaches the workers to| close up their ranks. Once a group of workers is uged against the other, they begin to ste the need of class solidarity. FACE TRIAL FOR NEGRO'S MURDER Whipped Laborer and Burned | Body CROSS CITY, Florida, March 24.— The first. of the murder trials growing out of the killing and burning of Lewis Barker, a Negro logging laborer, got under way here today when the case of'G., W. McCrane, one of six men under indictment, was called in the circult court with Judge Mallory F. Horn presiding. Four other white men and one Ne- gro are to face separate trials on this murder charge at this term of court. Two of them, Thomas W. Higgin- botham, whipping boss in the Martin Tabert peonage case in 1923, and E. G. Priest, pleaded not guilty along with McCrane, when arraigned. The other men under indictment for first degree murder are: D. A. Parker, logging superintendent, who is still at large and John H. Winburn, a |deputy sheriff. Winburn was expected to be brought here today from a jail in an adjoining county to testify for the state in McCrane’s trial. Charlie Hart, a Negro, who is alleged to have confessed and implicated the white men under indictment, also will face trial. Barker mysteriously disappeared from the lumber camps here October 19 last what was believed to be his funeral pyre—a bed of charred bones beside an old stump in the swamps near Shamrock—was unearthed by in- vestigating officers later. State’s Attorney J. R. Kelly is bas- ing his case on the theory that Barker was severely flogged and then shot and his body burned to cover up the crime, (Special to The of 1922, They were well steeled in the struggle. Negroes Now Fighting Alongside Other Miners, At that time the operators were able to bring Negroes from the south But today there is a different story ta It did not take the colored workers very long to see the purpose they CARPENTERS IN LOCAL 181 WIN BIG VICTORY “Expelled” M embers Are Restored to Rights athe long fight of Local 181 of the Carpenters’ Union for the five mem- bers who were declared expelled by a former president o fthe local ended victoriously last Monday night when the five were restored to full mem- bership rights at a well-attended meeting in Wicker Park Hall. The militants in Local 181 scored a double victory when, they elected Phil Flecker as_president of the local pina Jacob .Olson,. Harry Jensen’s While the voting was taking a “a Jensen and his henchmen were standing right by whispering to the members to “Vote for Jacob Olson” thé old party political hack who does odd jobs around city hall for the re- publican party. This is a violation of the consti- tution, but what is the constitution tg a labor faker? However, the whis- pering campaign was unsuccessful and the candidate supported by the militants was elected. Committee Reported. The committee appointed at a pre- vious meeting of the local, to investi- gate the expulsion and all the cir- cumstances surrounding it, reported that there was nothing illegal in the resolutions signed by the expelled members but that the language might be improved. The committee there- fore recommended that the defend- ants apologize for the offending tone of the language used in the resolu- tions which were the basis for the proceedings against them and that they would promise to have nothing to do with any organization opposed to the principles of the United Broth- erhood. This was an easy condition to comply with as none of the “ex- pelled” members belonged to any such organization. When the five members entered the hall, they were given a great ova- tion; the members cheering them wildly. Each of the five were re- quested to comply with recommenda- tion of the committee as a condition for reinstatement. They admitted that they were not college students, and that it was quite possible the language could be improved on, but they had nothing to take back so far as the principle and content. of the resolution was concerned. \ Kjar Stood for Every Line. Nels Kjar was the last of the “ex- pelled” members to be called on, “T stand for every word in the resolu- tion,” he declared. This statement was received with cheers by the mem- bers present. Kjar also admitted that. he is not a professor of English and that it is quite possible. a stylist (Continue on Page 2) CHICHERIN EXPOSES CONNECTION OF GEORGIAN MENSHEVIKS WITH FRENCH IMPERIALIST GOVERNMENT Daily Worker) TIFLIS, March 24.—George Chicherin in his foreign affairs report to the third meeting of the central executive committee of the Union of Socialist Soviet Republics, touched also the relations between the so-called Georgian government in Paris and the French government circles and said: Party is the leading foe of the capi- | {nstang, of which the late Sun Yat Sen here in an explosion a week ago to-| sion on the island of Saghalin, off masses in the shops, \ gil Sa , talists, The socialists have madé * peace with the. bosses. Talk it up—your shopmate, will subscribe! v9 was the leader, the Soviet ambassador to Berlin, Kreshtinsky, and two other ‘Communists made the principal speeches. ‘The speakers denounced interven: |: tion of foreign capitalists in China, te Ved, That day is nearly here, Sam Liptzin. Get a sub—make.another Com- munist! Hi5t alate Ps night, the state! investigation of the blast swung intooswift action today. The investigatég commitee will ex- plore the mine's: workings with the aes the investi the east coast of Asi the Sinélair Ol United States. The court ordered that the money paid as a deposit should be returned to Sinclair interests. ‘For several years the French government assumed the role of a pro- tector of the past Jordaniya government. Since 1920. when the British left Batum, British policy has changéd considerably with regard to Georgia. British policy aimed at the possession of the straits as permanent navy bases, which should allow British sea power to control the littoral of the (Continued on page 6)